JUNE 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1993

58½ chains; Section 140, about 66 chains; Section 141, 13½ chains; Section 142, about 29 chains; Section 143, about 58 chains; Section 144, about 46 chains; and Section 145, 7½ chains.

The improvements which are not included in the capital value, but which must be paid for separately, consist of—Section 22, wooden hut, valued at £15.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

W. F. MASSEY,
Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Southland Land District for Sale or Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, having received the report of the Under-Secretary in this behalf, as provided by section one hundred and fifty-four of the said Act, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for sale or selection on Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen; and also that the land mentioned in the said Schedule may, at the option of the applicant, be purchased for cash, or be selected for occupation with the right of purchase, or on renewable lease; and I do hereby also fix the price at which the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased, as mentioned in the said Schedule hereto, and do declare that the said land shall be sold, occupied, or leased under and subject to the provisions of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.

FIRST-CLASS LAND.

Wallace County.—Centre Hill Survey District.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
15 | V | 281 3 0 | 290 0 0 | 7 5 0 | 5 16 0
Open tussock land. About one-half is flat and terrace land, the soil being light and shingly, with odd patches (say 20 acres) fit for cultivation, the balance being low hills. Access by good gravelled road. Distant about nine miles and a quarter from Mossburn Railway-station.

SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Southland County.—Mabel Hundred.

28 | V | 109 2 12 | 110 0 0 | 2 15 0 | 2 4 0
Flat land; part rather swampy, but easily drained. Soil good. All old sawmilling workings, the bush having no commercial value except for fencing and firewood. Situated about ten miles from Woodlands Railway-station and about four miles from Grove Bush Post-office, dairy factory, and school. Access by good metalled road to within three miles, thence by partly formed road.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening Land in Southland Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at the rental mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said land shall be leased under and subject to section one hundred and thirty-five of the said Act, as it contains, or is supposed to contain, metal, mineral, or valuable stone.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTH LAND DISTRICT.—WALLACE COUNTY.—WAIAU SURVEY DISTRICT.—OTAGO MINING DISTRICT.

Second-class Land.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
22 | XIII | 440 0 0 | 280 0 0 | 5 12 0
Weighted with £210 15s., valuation for timber. Of this sum one-fourth must be paid immediately the applicant has been declared successful, the balance to be paid within two years by equal half-yearly instalments.

All bush land covered with heavy birch of an inferior quality and a few red and white pines and totara and miro. Broken and steep country; fairly well watered. Soil generally inferior, but there are patches of good land along the north road and some of the ridges. Distance from Tuatapere Railway-station about three miles and a half.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Lands.

Opening National Endowment Lands in Wellington Land District for Selection.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon me by the Land Act, 1908, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby declare that the national endowment lands described in the Schedule hereto shall be open for selection on renewable lease on Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at the rentals mentioned in the said Schedule; and I do also declare that the said lands shall be leased under and subject to the provisions of the said Act.

SCHEDULE.

TOWN LAND.

Kaitieke County.—Owhango Township.

A. R. P. £ s. d. £ s. d.
4 | III | 0 1 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 15 0
Weighted with £1 for improvements, comprising felling and grassing.

18 | III | 0 1 0 | 30 0 0 | 0 15 0
Weighted with £1 for improvements, comprising felling and grassing.

19 | IV | 0 1 0 | 27 0 0 | 0 13 6
Situated in the rising Township of Owhango, on the Main Trunk line, about one-half to three-quarters of a mile from the Railway-station by formed dray-road. Sections 4 and 18 are flat land in grass; fire has been through the bush on Section 19. The soil is of a volcanic nature, resting on pumice formation. Elevation about 1,500 ft. above sea-level.

Waimarino County.—Township of Raetihi.

133 | XI | 0 1 0 | 25 0 0 | 0 12 6
Weighted with £9 for improvements, consisting of 4 chains of boundary fencing.

Situated in Raetihi Township, about a quarter of a mile from post-office. All flat land, felled and in grass, with soil of good light quality on grit formation.

Waimarino County.—Township of Rangataua.

12 | VI | 0 1 0 | 40 0 0 | 1 0 0
Weighted with £5 for improvements, comprising stumping.

20 | VI | 0 1 32 | 41 0 0 | 1 0 6

4 | VIII | 0 1 24 | 20 0 0 | 0 10 0
Situated in Rangataua Township, on the Main Trunk Railway line. Flat and, all fenced and in grass.